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Showtime’s “Masters of Horror” Streaming *Free* On Roku Devices
Before horror took over television, Showtime aligned the greats and created the forgotten “Masters of Horror”, an anthology series that delivered a new hour-long movie each and every week. Garnering two seasons, it ever quite found its footing and was canceled in 2007.
Behind the films were icons of the genre, including Dario Argento, John Carpenter, Larry Cohen, Don Coscarelli, Joe Dante, Mick Garris, Stuart Gordon, Tobe Hooper, John Landis, William Malone, Lucky McKee, John McNaughton and even Takashi Miike. I doubt we ever see anything like this again.
While the series has been available to purchase online for quite some time, all two seasons have been added for free to Roku streaming devices, as well as the Tubi channel included on it. This is the perfect way to kick off fall with 26 mini-movies for the horror greats to work your way through. It will be interesting to see how time treats this show, which carried landmark episodes from both Carpenter (“Cigarette Burns”) and Miike (“Imprint”).
You can read about all of the episodes here. An uncut box set also has been made available this month.
Henry Cavill had been set to lead Amazon MGM Studios’ “Warhammer 40,000” series a few years ago, and the small screen project finally gets a fresh update this week.
According to Deadline, horror master Mike Flanagan (“Carrie”) is currently in talks to come on board the “Warhammer” TV series as an Executive Producer.
Deadline also notes in today’s report, “It’s still being determined if the Doctor Sleep filmmaker will be showrunning the Henry Cavill passion project.”
Henry Cavill is set to both star in and executive produce the upcoming series, with Amazon MGM Studios potentially looking to also bring “Warhammer” into the world of film.
“Warhammer 40,000 is set in the far future, where humanity stands at the edge of what might be its brightest future, or its darkest age.
“The threats to humankind’s empire are many — traitors driven by the fires of ambition, alien empires sworn to reclaim the stars, and the corruption of reality by malevolent gods.”
Vertigo Entertainment will executive produce alongside Games Workshop and Amazon Studios.
“Warhammer 40,000 has captured the imagination of fans of all ages, from all walks of life, and all over the world,” said Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon and MGM Studios. “We are excited to work with Henry, Vertigo Entertainment, and Games Workshop across our Amazon entertainment businesses on this brilliant, immersive franchise for our global customers to experience for years to come.”
“I have loved Warhammer since I was a boy, making this moment truly special for me. The opportunity to shepherd this cinematic universe from its inception is quite the honour and the responsibility,” said Henry Cavill. “I couldn’t be more grateful for all the hard work put in by Vertigo, Amazon Studios and Games Workshop to make this happen. One step closer to making a nigh on lifelong dream come true.”
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